Succinct, if not particularly erudite or informative! :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
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Succinct, if not particularly erudite or informative! :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
Lol - we'll chat about it next time we speak :)
Marco.
Few mins after the midnight
Friday we arranged local hifi enthusiasts bbq-evening at my place. Everyone brought something to drink and eat and music flowed all the time. There were nine guests plus few kids also playing around.
After the things settled down me and three close friends stayed until the 1AM and listened music having some quality whisky and beer. The kids and MRs were already sleeping upstairs so kept the volumes relatively quiet. Here OP is enjoying the "easy lover" performed by Philip Bailey and Phil Collins little after the midnight.. :)
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7266/7...7e5d043e_c.jpg
As you can see Technics was not connected and the Garrard 401/SME V/T'fig Phoenix II combo handled most of the music when not using the bits.
Mika, nice room full of vinyl and nice to know the Techy is on the subs bench, important from a fellow 401/SME IV/Lp Ebony user POV. :D
Special mention on the bike (big bike fan me), what make is your Titanium bike?, is it a Litespeed? love the Campagnolo groupset and wheelset, whatever it is,
it's a class steed. :cool:
wii.
Hi wii, always nice to hear that someone else loves bikes too :) The bike is indeed titanium and made by italian Gianni Motta in the 90's. Have had it few years after it retired from the duties of winter training bike of one Elite-series racer. Brilliant bike and like a glove.
Unfortunately last Monday noticed a crack at the frames chainstay http://theartofsound.net/forum/showp...6&postcount=11. Most likely repair is not possible but will still investigate that. Also looking for a new frame with similar dimensions and most likely going to order semi-custom steel from one british frame builder but we'll see..
Mika, hadn't notice your bike post you linked, :rolleyes: i too use a Ti bike (Airborne Corsair MTB) but use a Fondriest with Dedacciai tubing(possibly fancy name for Columbus)with carbon forks on my race bike, see what you're saying about Titanium's unrepairability, thats why Ti parts and bikes are so expensive,one wee mistake and it's scrap, maybe it's time to treat yourself to a full carbon frame. :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by Mika K
wii.
I don't know about carbon as it's bit like giving up vinyl and starting to listen all your music from NAS or some other form of zeros and ones :) However titanium is still at my list as Van Nicholas (the company that used to the called Airborne) still has some nice Ti frames around that you do not have to give your other arm:and leg for..
Todays effort..
..was to install my new GIK Tri-trap acoustic panels (bought 2nd hand) to the corner of the listening room. Also added my other smaller DIY rack constructed of Ikea Lack tables to my system to give more air to the Shindo amps that are running quite hot during the summer season.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8004/7...5d4d588a_c.jpg
Jury is still out there but the GIK products seem to have impact to overall performance of my system (including the room). Might have to do some fine tuning for the speaker positioning and then make the final judgement. More information of the GIK Tri-traps can be found from http://gikacoustics.com/gik_tri_trap.html.
Lovely looking speakers, Mika.
Yes, I can imagine those being the biz!! :respect:
Marco.